Category Archives: farm

Increase your Skill Set -Hair cuts

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

When it comes to increasing my skill set when it comes to hair cuts, there are three area’s to get better at. Human Hair trims/cuts Sheep Shearing/crotching Dogs Trims/Shaping If there is one thing that 2020 taught us, we can … Continue reading →

Posted in farm | Tagged brushing your dogs coat, cutting your hair at home, doing your own dog grooming, Shearing sheep, trimming your dog, Trimming your own hair | 5 Comments

Is your Vet available?

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

This handsome guy needed to be altered and microchipped and I am beyond glad that I was able to get him in and done. The past year has been very challenging in regards to getting in to see your vet … Continue reading →

Posted in farm, Farm dogs | Tagged Altering your farm dog, Caring for your pet during Covid, Rising vet costs, Vet care during covid, Vet care on the farm | 10 Comments

Meat Chicken 2019 Overview

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I now know why people raise White Rock Chickens.. Yeild and returns! Now I have to own up to a few things.. before I get to costs I over grew them.. I fully admit this.. I would have had less … Continue reading →

Posted in farm, frugal | Tagged Meat chickens | 4 Comments

Harvesting Cherry Bark

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Despite the snow, we bundled up and headed out to prune the cherry trees on sunday. The little trees need almost no pruning get. However the big producing tree needed a good prune to honest. I have three large branches … Continue reading →

Posted in farm | Tagged Harvesting Cherry Bark, peel your bark with a veggie peeler, spring pruning sour cherry trees | Leave a comment

Pasture Seed Blends

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Well, I have found the company I want to work with, I am just waiting back on word on if I can get it ordered in by our local Home Hardware or if they are going to send me to … Continue reading →

Posted in farm | Tagged green coverage, pasture seeding, Pasture seeding Blends, Quick growth feed crops for livestock, Rain Gardens, Re-seeding pasture, Silvo Tree Pasture, Swales | 2 Comments

Purr Pride got a present

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I love my farm cats and soon enough they will be spending more time outside then inside as the weather warms up, still sometimes you just need to give them a nice present. I had been looking and waiting for … Continue reading →

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Winter Manure and Composting

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

A poo.. If you have farm critters you have poo.. if you have bigger critters, you have lots of Manure Piles! My two horse’s alone produce around a hundred pounds of poo a day. Lets break it down a … Continue reading →

Posted in farm, Garden | Tagged compost, composting, Composting on the homestead, Hot Compost | 2 Comments

Beware Cold Fatique in your livestock

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Another brace of deep cold with fast frost bite warnings, another foot of snow coming in under 24 hours and all with strong blowing winds (of up to 80 km) an hour. What does this all mean? It means I … Continue reading →

Posted in farm | Tagged Cold weather advice for fowl, Cold weather advice for sheep flocks, How to deal with extreme cold in livestock, Keeping your chickens safe in winter storms | 9 Comments

Ordering Seeds in these changing times.

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This post is tailored more towards those that have land, bigger gardens and for homesteaders that are growing to fill their jars, cellars, pantry’s and keep their families bellies full for up to a year or two. Its not going … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, farm, food | Tagged 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Changing your seed buying habits due to clamate change | 34 Comments

Early Frost -Weather/Food Productions

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Well, this spring, we had a very late hard frost at the end of may, Thankfully I had kept all my really tenders in till the first week of june. Having said that, it cut the garden season short by … Continue reading →